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No. 302,683. 7 Patented July 29, 1884.

UNITE STATES Arman rion.

WILLIAM H. CLARK AND WILLIAM J. CLARK, SALEM, OHIO.

CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,683, dated July 29, 1884.

' Application filed March a, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. CLARK and WILLIAM J. CLARK, both of Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, have jointly invented 5 a new and useful Improvement in Cans, of

which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved construction of those composite cans or buckets in which there is associated with a sheet-metal body a bottom which consists partly of wood.

Our invention is especially designed as an improved manufacture in the class of fluidcans illustrated in subject-matter of the Patent N 0. 272,647, granted to us on the 20th of February, 1883, and to which reference may be made for details not specifically described herein.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a partly sectioned elevation of a composite can or vessel embodying our present invention. Fig. 2 is an under side view of the same to a smaller scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of our preferred form of bottom.

A represents a sheet-metal can-body, which is preferably of the cylindrical form here shown, but may have the shape of a conic frustum or other form, if preferred.

B represents the can-bottom proper, also of sheet metal, having a downturned lip or margin, b, which embraces the upper portion of the periphery of a wooden or supplementary bottom, C, which may be composed of several segments, a c c, as shown, or may consist of a single piece of timber. When of several pieces or segments, said supplementary bottom may have a central opening, as at c. To prefer to provide the downturned lip or margin 1) with an inturned edge, I), to occupy the upper part of the circumferential groove 0, as

0 shown in Fig. 3. This groove also receives the inturned lower edge, a, of the body.

It will be seen that instead of using keypins or wedges to force the segmental blocks out against the confining-flange, as in our aforesaid patent, the flange is itself constructed 4 upon, and its lower edge incised or forced into,

a circumferential groove in the periphery of the wooden bottom; but such key-pins or wedges may nevertheless be added, if desired, though our experience with the present con- 5 struction shows such wedges to be unnecessary.

Itis further apparent that the depending edge or lip of the metal bottomis tightly held between the periphery of the wooden bottom 5 and the described confining inturned bodyfiange, which is also constructed upon said periphery at the same time with the said lip.

WVe claim as new and of our invention- 1. A composite sheet-metal can or vessel 61 consisting of the sheet-metal bottom B, having downturned'lip or margin 1), supplement. ary wooden bottom 0, having a circumferential groove in its periphery, and a sheet-metal body, A, having inturned lower edge, a, the 6 downturned lip or margin embracing the wooden bottom, and the inturned lower edge occupying the circumferential groove, as shown and described.

2. A composite can-bottom consisting of 7c bottom proper, B, of sheet metal, having a downturned lip or margin, 6, and inturned edge I), and wooden bottom 0, having circumferential groove 0, capable of receiving the inturned edge of the body outside of the inturned edge of the bottom proper, as set forth.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands.

WVILLIAM H. CLARK. WVILLIAM J. CLARK.

Attest:

Inn A. CLARK, WV. W. HALE. 

